Military Advantage

Famous quotes containing the words military advantage, military and/or advantage:

“In early times every sort of advantage tends to become a military advantage; such is the best way, then, to keep it alive. But the Jewish advantage never did so; beginning in religion, contrary to a thousand analogies, it remained religious. For that we care for them; from that have issued endless consequences.”
—Walter Bagehot (1826–1877)

“The military and the clergy cause us much annoyance; the clergy and the military, they empty our wallets and rob our intelligence.”
—Franz Grillparzer (1791–1872)

“Scientists are human—they’re as biased as any other group. But they do have one great advantage in that science is a self-correcting process.”
—Cyril Ponnamperuma (b. 1923)